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Wind Advisory 21, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this wind advisory at Dec 31, 2009, 10:36 AM CST for Pecos County, Terrell County, Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 2009, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2009, 4:42 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Counties Pecos County, TX, Terrell County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1705 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 96 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS74 KMAF 311636 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 1036 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ...HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE MARFA PLATEAU...LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...STOCKTON PLATEAU AND LOWER TRANS PECOS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG MID-LEVEL WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PASSES ACROSS THE REGION. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE MARFA PLATEAU...LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...STOCKTON PLATEAU AND LOWER TRANS PECOS THIS AFTERNOON IN PART DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM...AND AS THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. TXZ074-010000- /O.EXT.KMAF.HW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100101T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 1036 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUST TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR THE DAVIS MOUNTAINS...MAINLY FOR AREAS ABOVE 6000 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ TXZ075-080>082-010000- /O.NEW.KMAF.WI.Y.0021.091231T1636Z-100101T0000Z/ PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...MARATHON... SANDERSON 1036 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...BY LATE MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS74 KMAF 312242 NPWMAF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND/ODESSA TX 442 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009 TXZ074-312345- /O.CAN.KMAF.HW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-100101T0000Z/ DAVIS/APACHE MOUNTAINS AREA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ALPINE 442 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. ALTHOUGH GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WARNING THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE...THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THE DAVIS AND APACHE MOUNTAINS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ TXZ075-080>082-312345- /O.CAN.KMAF.WI.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-100101T0000Z/ PECOS-MARFA PLATEAU-BIG BEND AREA-TERRELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT STOCKTON...MARFA...MARATHON... SANDERSON 442 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND/ODESSA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY THRESHOLDS. THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THE MARFA PLATEAU...BIG BEND REGION...LOWER TRANS PECOS AND STOCKTON PLATEAU HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 6:14 PM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 14 hr | |
| Dec 31, 8:02 AM CST | High Wind Warning | MAF | 9 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.